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I stole sprite after ordering a water once, with 2 of my friends. We were taking turns filling it up, when out of nowhere, the woman from the counter silently glided over to where we were, snatched the cups from our very hands, and smashed our cups into the garbage receptacle. It was really embarrassing, so we just walked out.

I think the argument against stealing the fountain soda is more akin to the argument people make against piracy. It's not really money lost (because its so minimal) but its money they are not getting because you CAN steal it. Taking that tiny cup of sprite cost them about a dime. But if you had no way to take it for free, they were technically out $2 if you would have otherwise purchased it. At least by that skewed way of thinking.

What he is saying is the drink costs next to nothing, similar to making a digital copy which costs nothing. The problem to the store isn't the loss of inventory, as it's negligible and could just be counted as the cost of doing business and keeping customers happy. The problem to the store is the loss of a sale, which is needed to help pay-off the upfront costs of the soda machine - similar to software development and piracy.

Nope, that's a loss because it's expenditure on inventory that isn't sold (assuming the syrup goes bad - it probably doesn't for a while, but eventually it will). (58 million * 2 dollars * 365) = ~$42 billion dollars in revenue, so approximately $40 billion in ungained profits.

Well its not going bad its just being used and not being paid for. (even though I also think syrup basically has an indefinite shelf life since its basically just sugar)

Also everyone is SERIOUSLY overestimating the cost of soda. According to this newsweek article it costs $0.000052 or .5% of a penny to produce enough syrup for one soda. So lets say if you wanted to add costs of shipping and water and all that multiply by 10 or even 100 and you're still less than a penny per soda. Soda is basically 100% profit.

Fountain sodas are the biggest rip off at any food establishment (besides that time I got chicken instead of steak in my grilled stuffed burrito from taco bell)

That stealing is wrong and that it has real costs associated with it. Do you think you're entitled to steal because you're special or something? Unless you are absolutely starving and stealing that cup of soda is the only way you can get enough calories to survive, stealing soda like this makes you an asshole. If you're not willing to spare the 2 measly dollars, you can just drink water.

Sorry, the "you" was meant to be hypothetical but I see how it could be interpreted as being personal. And yes, I do see you now you weren't defending that way of thinking and even called it skewed - my fault. I just saw the 10 cents vs. $2 thing and did some calculations without really paying attention to the rest of your post :-/

Oh, I don't agree with the claim. It's just one more way of looking at it.

The same goes for sneaking food/drink into a movie theatre. It doesn't cost the theatre any money, but at the same time they would argue that it does... because you don't pay the $5.25 for a bottle of water and $8 for a large popcorn.

kind of a different scenario. i still bought the candy. i just didn't buy it from you because i know wal-mart sells it for 1 dollar and you sell it for 6. basic economics means that most theaters price themselves out of the general market and only profit off of the desperate in most scenarios. don't even get me started on the almost yearly dollar increase of ticket prices.

well, the comic drank the soda. thus he stole a physical object. if i pirated a dvd that i was going to buy, i'd consider that more stealing than a dvd i wasnt planning to buy anyway (if we're speaking meta justice here)

not paying a soda is costing a company money (no matter how small), but downloading a movie (assuming you were NOT going to buy even for a penny), the company is losing nothing.

The argument could be made that piracy as a whole costs a company money. Dealing with specific instances allows us to rationalize that we would not have purchased _______ shitty dvd anyway. But as a whole, piracy costs companies money even if 95% of pirates wouldn't have bought the shitty DVD anyway. The company loses revenue they would have otherwise seen because a nonzero percentage of pirates would have purchased it.

Also you need to consider that drink cost is priced so high to offset the prices on food. That 85 cent taco might honestly cost 60 cents to make. Add a few cents for labor, a few more for utility and 'rent' costs and that 85 cent taco might have cost them 83 cents to make.

I have literally not bought 1 soda from a fast food restaurant ( unless in drive through) in the past 10 years. I eat out at least 2 times a week. therefore the math of the money I have saved is approx $1,560.00 ( i.e. $1.50 * 2 * 52* 10)

Ha. If they really spend that much on the soda, you should give them a lecture on how foolish it is to let your suppliers rip you on something that is subsidized to the point that it is pretty much free to produce.

Problem is that a lot of these businesses now try to discourage you getting a free water with the meal. They give a shitty cup to feel bad. I stopped going to subway because of this and giving me a hard time getting lots of extra lettuce on it.

Have you tried soda recently? I drink water 99.9% of the time. Anything else is just by fluke, nothing else being available, etc. And every time I do I can see why it's a popular option. I recall it loses some novelty when it's an every day thing. But still, holy shit, that stuff tastes AMAZING if you're not used to it.

Absolutely. I have a weakness for Mexican soft drinks with real sugar. At home I have bottles of Mexican Coke, Jarritos and Sidral Mundet. They taste so good, but I probably wouldn't even notice the taste if I drank them every day. Everything in moderation.

Really who cares? Corporations like this overcharge so much for things like drinks and I don't mind stealing a cup of Sprite. I wouldn't steal a sandwich or something but this is just no big deal to me.

That is wrong. Also, what is the threshold of theft then? Would you take a penny or two out of someone's tip jar to make exact change? Is it okay to use fake coins to get gumballs? How about stealing one item from the dollar store? Those probably only cost a few cents to produce, it's like all profit, right?

Yes, it is stealing. I'm not arguing that, I'm merely saying that it's a small theft. When it's a small theft, there's less consequences, that means more people will do it, especially when places don't catch people (Like they probably should).

I got caught once at McDonald's and the owner was nice enough to let me pay $1 for the drink and continue drinking it. It would've been a nice experience if he and the female manager hadn't commented on how stupid I was for trying "to get away with it." I sat down with my friends and we all laughed about it. People just take things a little too seriously.

If I owned a restaurant and someone asked for a free water, and filled it up with soda, my response would be, "Wow, I'm such a nice person I'm going to let that person enjoy a free soda on the house. I know there will be other people with more money than that kid who will want to pay for their drinks and do so, and those drinks will easily cover the cost of the one I'm giving him for free."

Be nice to your customers, I haven't gone back to McDonald's since that incident.

Very true. I love when they try to be all sneaky about it and all I have to do is listen. I don't give a fuck so I let them get away with it, if I hadn't blatantly told them they could get pop in the first place.

Well I work at Subway, and I've called people out on this before. It doesn't happen very often, but when it does, nothing is better than embarrassing someone and their friends in front a large crowd of people and shouting "You're gonna have to pay for that, sir!" across the room.

I don't know if I'd call it overcharging. Stores like Subway, Quiznos, and your local Mom and Pop sub shop don't make much at all on the sandwiches - they make all their profit on the drinks and sides.

I worked at a Quiznos for three years - the owner said he made maybe $0.50 per sandwich when you factor in costs like waste, paper, labor, etc. I would imagine it would be the same at most Subways.

I wasn't including the cost of the cup, just comparing the cost of water to the cost of fountain soda (pretty much identical). But yeah, the fact that the cups are so cheap just reiterates that the profit margins on fountain soda are insane.

I work at Taco Bell. The managers told me people do this, and I've seen them stop people. People do it all the time, and I don't care. Don't worry, as long as the cashier doesn't look important, you'll probably get away with it.

Seriously. I used to think about filling the water cup with soda, and while I could probably rationalize it like everyone else here has (I do know it's stealing... but I guess that isn't enough for some people not to do things), I realized in the end... I just wanted the water.

I just drink water. Yes, I am a poor student. I avoid the big costs like gaming systems, speaker systems, and smart phones, and ms windows. A true minimalist. If you just avoid buying two big ticket items you can pretty much have all the soda you want.

Usually the water tab is on the lemonade one. I like to pretend that I accidentally pressed the lemonade thing, and then switch to water. Lemony water. Yummm. (Also, I'm afraid of stealing. So taking a tiny bit of lemonade makes me feel like a badass.)

From your own citation: "Infringement implicates a more complex set of property interests than does run-of-the-mill theft, conversion, or fraud."

Just because it's not traditional theft, doesn't mean it can't be described as theft. You're taking something that is legally sold and getting it for free. It's complex and different that stealing a car - but it's still a form of theft.

Depends where you go. Whenever I go to Arby's they literally give me the small cup that you would normally pay for to fill with soda. So what I do is fill it with water, sit down eat my meal, then come back and refill the soda and nobody knows.

I once went to a restaurant that charged for water. Not bottled water, tap water from a fountain. I said, "No drink." I got a stupid look from the cashier but I ate my entire meal without a single drink.

People like you are the reason that people who enjoy water with their meal are increasingly being treated like criminals. Not only do I have to use the shitty plastic cup, but some places now make you wait in line to get to the cashier to refill it for you, because they only give water out behind the counter.

I stopped going to Subway because they are too chincy. When I ask for lots of extra lettuce, they give me very little and I have to argue. When I ask for a cup of water they give me the shit courtesy cup that's small. Fuck Subway.

so i used to work at subway, and yeah we don't lose any significant money with fuck as ppl as you, but there is no bigger pleasure than taking it right out of your hand when you think you got away with it. as much of a touch guy you think you are; in the end you're one more little pussy thinking they're trolling a big corporation by getting a cheap ass drink out of them. yup, that shit sure was fun

Because we were paid to care? Plus, these places keep their shit really tight. They know how much of each single ingredient should and was used, and if there are too large a discrepancies, they get in trouble which in turn gets you in trouble. If they lose too much money, they close and you are out of a job.

A shitty job, which I have to say working at Subway wasn't that bad, is still a job no matter how you look at it. It still pays money versus getting paid nothing.

Subways make next to no money on their sandwiches... it all comes from things like their sodas and their chips etc. We know that stuffing people with half decent and affordable food and cookies will get you to come back and keep buying the cheap as shit sodas and chips for inflated prices to keep our profit margin up. It's a business.

It's frustrating because the values seem out of whack. In another thread a guy had his roommate steal his shit and he beat him over the head with a clothes pole. That was fine because he stole from him! Do that at a business and it is no big deal. If everyone felt the way they did about stealing from a business, there would be too few businesses left, and there would be far more of the dreaded "receipt checkers" that everyone on Reddit hates because it is unconstitutional!

It just bothers me because I know people who run places like this, and I have worked at places like this. The cognitive dissonance is astounding.

Because the soda, which wherever I went was usually fine, is a major money maker. Without it they are making 50 cents per sandwich at most. The thing is paying people to work is them attempting to get them to work. If you don't want to work for minimum wage, that's fine, but if I have bills? I am going to take what I can get until I find that better job.

I did what I could to keep customers happy, but I also looked out for the company that took care of me. Its a fine balance, but customer satisfaction should come first.

Also, supporting people stealing soda means you should be ok with them stealing anything... I mean whats a couple dollars here or there? To a business, when you take from their bottom line they could go out of business if they don't make enough.